Mike Freeman

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Mike Freeman covers technology for the San Diego Union-Tribune, where his coverage includes Qualcomm, San Diego's largest publicly traded company. Mike started at the Union-Tribune in 1999, covering the golf and action sports industries. Over the years, Mike has reported on commercial real estate, the housing bubble, banking and defense contractors. He also covered the Pinnfund Ponzi scheme and several real estate scams. He is one of the few journalists in the country who researches and writes a special section on executive compensation. Before joining the Union-Tribune, Mike was business editor of a daily newspaper in Bend, Ore. He graduated from Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore. with a bachelor's degree in communications.

Recent Articles

Lex Gillette, the long jump world record holder for para athletes, stopped in the lobby of Manchester Grand Hyatt last week and asked Erin for a list of nearby restaurants. She read off choices and then helped guide Gillette to a bistro – even though Erin was miles away from the downtown San Diego...

Qualcomm shareholders re-elected 10-board members as expected Friday in an anti-climactic end to the five-month hostile takeover battle with rival chipmaker Broadcom. Now the clock is ticking for Qualcomm’s board and management to deliver on some lofty financial targets they set as part of the...

The parent company of Ashford University aims to spin off its academic institutions and morph into a third-party online education service provider amid continued pressure on for-profit higher education industry. San Diego’s Bridgepoint Education earlier this month applied to regulators to separate...

Qualcomm’s annual shareholder meeting on Friday will lack the once-anticipated drama of a potential hostile takeover by rival chipmaker Broadcom. But there still will be a few things to keep an eye on now that Broadcom’s takeover attempt has been derailed by the Trump administration. Paul Jacobs,...

Cal State University San Marcos is beefing up its technology degrees by adding software engineering this coming fall -- funded in part by a new $1.5 million gift by Carlsbad satellite Internet provider Viasat. The software degree was announced last month by CSU San Marcos President Karen Haynes...

Just two weeks ago, Broadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan had Qualcomm hooked. He was poised to reel in his biggest prize in a long string of trophy acquisitions of technology companies. In early voting, a significant number of Qualcomm shareholders reportedly cast ballots supporting Tan’s candidates...

Broadcom has officially terminated its $117 billion offer to buy San Diego’s Qualcomm and withdrawn its slate of nominees for Qualcomm’s board of directors. The move comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday blocking Broadcom’s bid to gain control of Qualcomm because...

With the U.S. government stepping in to block Broadcom’s hostile takeover, Qualcomm has won its battle to remain ia stand-alone company.. But the cellular technology giant and San Diego’s largest tech employer still faces significant headwinds that it must overcome if it hopes to remain independent.....